‖ hausse-col Armour.
(həʊskɒl)
[F., f. hausse raise + col neck.]
A gorget of chain-mail, or (later) of plate-armour.
| 1821 S. R. Meyrick in Archæol. XX. 507 In consequence of hausse-cols, or gorgets of plate, becoming more generally worn than mail, the basnet acquired a different form. 1834 J. R. Planché Brit. Costume 215 The salade and the hausse-col, or gorget of steel, was still worn [under Richard III]. |